The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30
man than there is in the ground, says j.
Arp, Jr., in Home and Farm.

man than there is in the ground, says j..
Arp, Jr., in Home and Farm.
When sheep gnaw the bark OF fruit
trees it is said to be an indication OF
thirst. and water should be provided.
The Atlanta Constitution opines that
the blackberry crop might be made a
large and profitable business in the South.
1t is already so.
All deciduous trccs-those shedding
their foliage in autumn-may be planted
at any time after the fall of the leaf until
the buds start again.
The dust bath is the hens wash bowl.
A setting hen requires the dust bath as
regularly as she does her food, and good
poulterers will see she is provided.
| A pair of oxen were exhibited at the
Eastern Maine State Fair, which measured
ten feet in girth, weighed 1000 pounds,
and cost over 81, 900 to raise them. They
were Vermont cattle.
Salt to stock keeps food from decaying
until it can be digested and assimllated,
and prolongs the time to allow the di'
gestive organs to complete their work,
checking or intercepting fermentation.
Rye is very strongly recommended foi
grazing by the Southern Planter. 1t will
grow we'll on poorer land than any other
grain, and nothing else will supply the
amount of green food from September to
April.
The Southern livestock Journal says
GAS grain is the natural and cheapest
food for the horse and the cow and the
sheep, so it is for the hog. The cheapest
pork IS not made upon corn but upon
grass"
Speaking of the Canada thistle, the
Prairie Farmer says the only way of Kill
ling it which has met with general sue
cess, is to prevent the tops from growing
until the roots die of exhaustion from
want of air and light.
At the Toronto (Ont. Fair Mr.. Thomas
Shaw read paper in which he argued
that nearly all the substantial progress IN
the improvement of live stock has been
made in lands where exhibitions prevail
since their introduction.
The New York Witness thinks what is
wanted now is great National Expert.
ment station, with branches in different
sections of the United States, so that
new or Seeding fruits can be tested all
over the United States at the same time
one station in each cluster of States of
the same climate and soil.
Sheep that are accustomed to a shed
will run to it of their own accord when
= &c thof hnU
says writer. Water never yet did a
sheep good, externally administered.
No sheep is better for wetting, but
rather worse, no matter what the time OF
year. The wool in q mans coat is in
iured by rain, and so, only to less de-
gree, perhaps, is the living fibre of the
sleeps back.
The Scientific american calls attention
to the well-known fact that nothing will
purify and keep stable so free from
odors as the free use of dry earth.
Everybody who keeps horses or cattle
will find that it pays, with interest, to
keep on hand plentiful supply OF fine
dry soil to be used daily. A few shovel
fuls of earth scattered over the floor after
cleaning will render the air of the apart
ment pure and wholesome.
In preparing cattle for the winter, the
Honsestead we'll remarks, let them get
just as fat as all the grass they want and
can eat will make them. Corn and
pumpkins will help out amazingly. If
the beasts have good coat of fat on
their ribs. and are kept as well sheltered
as possible, they will come out in the
spring in good condition and yield good
work and good profit the ensuing sea-
son. The farmers live stock demands
peculiar attention in the cold weather,
different in kind but not less in degree
than that accorded to the members of his
family.